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The international campaign against ISIS
Main events – February 19-25 2015
This week, there were no significant changes in the various combat zones in Iraq and Syria. YPG’s Kurdish forces...
Islamic State: Main developments in Iraq – February 19-25, 2015
Main developments in Iraq’s Al-Anbar province
As part of ISIS’s efforts to purge the Al-Anbar province from pockets of resistance, the siege of the city...
Islamic State: Main developments in Syria – February 19-25, 2015
Aleppo province
In the area of Aleppo, battles took place between ISIS operatives and Shiite militias. According to Orient News TV, about 200 Shiite militia...
Spotlight on the Global Jihad: February 19-25 2015
The establishment of ISIS in Libya
ISIS operatives in ISIS’s provinces in Libya continue to carry out terrorist attacks against various targets:
At least two suicide...
The conduct of the Islamic State: February 12-18 2015
Cyber warfare waged by ISIS-affiliated hackers
On February 13, 2015, an ISIS-affiliated Twitter account posted the claim that ISIS-affiliated hackers had hacked into the websites...
ISIS: Main developments in Syria and Iraq February 12-18 2015
Main developments in Syria
Hama
On February 12, 2015, an ISIS-affiliated Twitter account claimed that Hama had been declared a new Islamic State province. At this...
The international campaign against ISIS: February 12-18
US and coalition airstrikes
This past week the coalition forces carried out dozens of airstrikes in Syria and Iraq:
In Syria, airstrikes were carried out in...
Spotlight on the Global Jihad: February 12-18 2015
The main events this past week were the shooting attacks in Copenhagen, carried out by the same terrorist. The first targeted an event held...
Jihadi organizations’ global activity in the second week of February 2015
Senior official of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) killed in a targeted killing
Harith al-Nadhari, one of AQAP’s most prominent authorities on Islamic religious...
The Conduct of the Islamic State
The death of an American hostage
A statement attributed to the Islamic State claimed that Kayla Jean Mueller, an American woman abducted by ISIS, was...
The international campaign against ISIS
US and coalition airstrikes
U.S. and coalition airstrikes in Syria and Iraq continued during the week. Dozens of airstrikes were carried out during the week....
ISIS: Main events in Syria and Iraq – February 5-11 2015
1. Main developments in Syria
The city of Kobani
After the liberation of the city of Kobani, Kurdish forces began to repel ISIS from the surrounding...
Spotlight on Global Jihad: February 5-11 2015
Main events of the week
Following the murder of the Jordanian pilot, the Royal Jordanian Air Force carried out intensive airstrikes against ISIS targets in...
The Campaign for Kobani – Initial Summary
Overview
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Kobani (in Kurdish) or Ayn al-Arab (in Arabic) is a Kurdish city lying east of Jarabulus near the Syrian-Turkish border. Before the fighting began...
Kurds retake Kobani – Serious blow for ISIS
On January 30, 2015, ISIS issued a video in which it admitted, for the first time, that its fighters had retreated from Kobani (Ayn...
Counterterrorism and preventive activity
Wave of arrests of jihadi operatives throughout Europe
Following the attacks in Paris, European security forces raised the state of alert and tightened security at...
Hamas rebuilding itself rapidly
Hamas and the other terrorist organizations based in Gaza are rehabilitating the military capabilities damaged in Operation Protective Edge through extensive recruitment, the establishment...
ISIS: Main developments in Syria in the Second half of January 2015
The intensity of the fighting in Syria was low this week as well, probably due to the poor weather conditions.
Kobani (Ayn al-Arab)
During the week,...
ISIS: Main developments in Iraq
Low-intensity fighting continued this week at the various battle sites, with no significant developments. ISIS’s efforts to establish its military and administrative control over...
Spotlight on Global Jihad: January 22-28 2015
Main events of the week
On the morning of January 27, 2015, a shooting attack took place at the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, were...
The international campaign against ISIS
Attacks by the US and the coalition in Syria and Iraq
U.S. and coalition airstrikes in Syria and Iraq continued during the week. This week...
Spotlight on Global Jihad: January 15-21 2015
Main events of the week
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed formal responsibility for the attack at the editorial offices of the weekly Charlie...
